{"id":836380,"date":"2025-03-24T12:12:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T17:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/24\/david-martinez-raises-his-lafc-profile-with-stunning-golazo-mlssoccer-com\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T12:12:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T17:12:44","slug":"david-martinez-raises-his-lafc-profile-with-stunning-golazo-mlssoccer-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/24\/david-martinez-raises-his-lafc-profile-with-stunning-golazo-mlssoccer-com\/","title":{"rendered":"David Mart\u00ednez raises his LAFC profile with stunning golazo | MLSSoccer.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div role=\"main\" id=\"main-content\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Page main content\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<div data-bucket-name=\"main-content-before-middle-adv\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/los-angeles-football-club\/\">LAFC<\/a>&#8216;s highly-touted winger added another highlight-reel golazo to his growing collection on Saturday with a laser beam of a strike from a tight angle to put the Black &#038; Gold ahead early in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/mls-regular-season\/2025\/matches\/skcvslafc-03-22-2025\/\">2-0 win<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/sporting-kansas-city\">Sporting Kansas City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mart\u00ednez&#8217;s 18th-minute wonder goal came with star player <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/denis-bouanga\/\">Denis Bouanga<\/a> away on international duty with Gabon, further raising the Venezuelan&#8217;s growing profile with LAFC.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>He previously stole the spotlight in Matchday 3 with a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LAFC\/status\/1898522312842113194\">brilliant individual goal<\/a> against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/seattle-sounders-fc\">Seattle Sounders FC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At 19 years and 43 days old today, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LAFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LAFC<\/a>\u2019s David Mart\u00ednez became the youngest player in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MLS<\/a> history to produce a goal contribution in five-consecutive road matches. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G30VidUQ4o\">pic.twitter.com\/G30VidUQ4o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLS Communications (@MLS_PR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLS_PR\/status\/1903639006132249010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>And with his second goal of 2025, Mart\u00ednez is now LAFC&#8217;s top scorer in MLS action \u2013 ahead of the likes of Bouanga, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/jeremy-ebobisse\/\">Jeremy Ebobisse<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/olivier-giroud\/\">Olivier Giroud<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps more importantly, he helped lift the Black &#038; Gold up to second place in the Western Conference with a 3W-2L-0D (9 points) record ahead of a Matchday 6 showdown with expansion side <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/san-diego-fc\/\">San Diego FC<\/a> March 29 (10:30 pm ET | <a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/sporting-event\/san-diego-fc-vs-los-angeles-football-club\/umc.cse.56489h2xjlh3qkzdmp2gd7ysq?ctx_brand=tvs.sbd.7000\">MLS Season Pass<\/a>),<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/news\/watch-david-martinez-raises-his-lafc-profile-with-stunning-golazo\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Lyndia Fleishman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer LAFC&#8216;s highly-touted winger added another highlight-reel golazo to his growing collection on Saturday with a laser beam of a strike from a tight angle to put the Black &#038; Gold ahead early in their 2-0 win at Sporting Kansas City. 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